Preconference Dinner (optional)
Included in the price of registration
Date - Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 6pm
Location - Empire State South
999 Peachtree St NW #140
Atlanta, GA 30309
https://www.empirestatesouth.com/

Conference and Annual Meeting
Date - Friday, October 4, 2019
Location - Loews Atlanta Hotel
1065 Peachtree St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Link for Directions

Program

7:45 Registration – Continental Breakfast

8:15-8:20 Welcome and Introductions – Courtney Kamlet, President, Southeastern Chapter

8:20-8:30 State of the Society Update – Darla Stuckey, President & CEO, Society for Corporate Governance

8:30-9:15 BUILDING AN ESG PROGRAM

Panelists:
Yafit Cohn, Chief Sustainability Officer and Group General Counsel, Travelers
Amanda Cimaglia, Managing Director, ESG, Solebury Trout
Silda Wall Spitzer, CEO and Publisher, New York Makers
Moderator: Andrew Nix, Shareholder, Maynard Cooper & Gale PC

9:15-10:00 SEC FIRESIDE CHAT

Michele Anderson, Associate Director (Disclosure Operations), SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance
Moderator: Jared Brandman, General Counsel & Secretary, National Vision

10:00-10:20 BREAK

10:20-11:05 INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS SPEAK

Panelists:
Tanya Levy-Odom, BlackRock
Tracy Stewart, Florida State Board of Administration
John Keenan, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Luz Rodriguez, Public Employees’ Retirement Association of Colorado
Moderator: Ning Chiu, Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

11:05-11:50 SEC STRUCTURED DATA PROGRAMS: EVER-EVOLVING

Panelists:
Julie Marlowe, SEC Structured Data
Elizabeth Gray, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Moderator: Mike Schlanger, Vice President Solution Sales, Toppan Merrill

11:50-12:35 LUNCH & ANNUAL CHAPTER MEETING – Call to Order, Lindsay McClelland, Secretary, Southeastern Chapter

12:35-1:20 FIRESIDE CHAT WITH SALLY YATES

Sally Yates, Partner, King & Spalding LLP and Former US Deputy Attorney General
Moderator:  Alana Griffin, Partner, King & Spalding LLP

1:20-2:10 CORPORATE PURPOSE PANEL – THE DEBATE CONTINUES

Panelists:
Amy Borrus, Deputy Director, Council of Institutional Investors
Holly Gregory, Co-Chair, Global Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Practice, Sidley Austin LLP
Laura Hewett, Vice President of Corporate Governance, Southern Company
Marc Treviño, Co-Head, Corporate Governance Practice and Managing Partner, Executive Compensation Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Moderator: Kellie Huennekens, Head of Americas, Nasdaq Center for Corporate Governance

2:10-2:30 BREAK

2:30-3:15 EMPLOYEE ACTIVISM AND WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE FIRESIDE CHAT

Mike Callahan, Executive Director of the Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School
Moderator: Robert Lamm, Co-Chair, Securities and Corporate Governance Practice, Gunster

3:15-4:00 SEC UPDATE PANEL

Panelists:
Brian V. Breheny, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
David M. Lynn, Partner, Morrison Foerster, LLP
Mitch Eitel, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Important Registration Information

The conference registration fee is $175 for Society members and $195 for non-members and includes complimentary breakfast and lunch at the conference. Walk-ins the day of the conference will be accommodated subject to space availability, and the registration fee must be paid by check at the door. No refunds will be provided for cancellations after September 20, 2019.

If you are interested in attending the pre-conference dinner, please click on the down arrow on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 and click Add below to add it to your itinerary. Nonmembers can also join the Society at a discounted rate, $645, for the first year by adding it to the registration.

Hotel Information
The blocks of rooms at the Loews Atlanta Hotel and the the Hyatt Centric Midtown Atlanta are full and both have been closed.

Questions
Please contact Hope Mehlman with questions.